News Flash: No electricity in White House, power crisis hits US

By Oneindia Staff Writer

Updated: Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 23:49 [IST]

Bengaluru, April 7: BJP today raised anti-Pakistan slogans in Jammu and Kashmir assembly regarding the revocation of AFSPA in the valley.

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10:00 pm: In Washington DC, widespread power outages leave the White House, US Capitol Complex &other buildings without electricity, said US Media Reports.

9:22 pm: EAM Sushma Swaraj arrives in Turkmenistan.

9:00 pm: Govt promoting Marathi producers and helping them would be a good call, forcing theaters to play Marathi movies isn't ok, said Prithviraj Chavan.

8:33 pm: Andhra Transport Buses vandalized in protest against Chittoor incident by TMK workers in Chennai.

8:12 pm: People of Kashmir have given me a lot of love; it is high time for Kashmiri Pandits to return home, said Bollywood actor Anupam Kher.

7:43 pm: Farmers insisted that relief should be sent to their own accounts, so I have asked them to open bank accounts through the Jan Dhan Yojna, said Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.

7:21 pm: Cabinet meeting begins at 7 RCR in Delhi.

7:04 pm: IAS officer Saurabh Vijay appointed as Adviser to Executive Director of World Bank in Washington.

6:24 pm: Cabinet approves Real Estate Regulatory Bill.

6:18 pm: India accepts Pakistan's offer to fly Indians back from Karachi by special plane. 11 Indians were evacuated by Pakistani naval ship from Yemen.

6:09 pm: Delhi's "most wanted" gangster Neeraj Bawana has been arrested. Bawana is involved in more than 40 cases of murder, attempted murder and extortion.

5:30 pm: SBI reduces lending rate by 15 bps to 9.85%, effective April 10.

4:45 pm: UP: BJP youth wing protest against UPPSC paper leak case

4:30 pm: Left front protest rally in Kolkata against land acquisition bill.

4:15 pm: TRAI to adopt '112' as the single emergency phone number for India.

4.00 pm: Government has no plans to ban any other meat than beef, clarifies Maharashtra CM

3.30 pm: Maharashtra government issues a directive to all multiplexes to show Marathi film everyday between 6 to 9 pm.

3.00 pm: MIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi questions Maharashtra government, says, "I challenge the government to ban alcohol".

2.40 pm: Congress leader PC Chacko urges revising of compensation for natural calamities.

2.00 pm: "How is matchbox a threat?" asks Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju [Can't hijack plane with matchbox, says Aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju]

1.35 pm: Vice President Hamid Ansari meets Prince Karim Aga Khan

1.20 pm: PM Modi will soon take decision after taking stock of the situation: Nitin Gadkari on crop damage

12.50 pm: TN Congress, MDMK leader Vaiko questions encounter in AP, demands probe.

12.30 pm: AP: Chittoor collector orders magisterial probe into the police encounter in Sheshachalam forest.

12.15 pm: J&K CM Mufti Mohammed Sayeed speaks on his meeting with Rajnath Singh, says he had informed the present political situation in state.

11.57 am: Five member SIT team reaches Morena district to probe the death of constable who was mowed down by sand mafia

11.44 am: J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed meets Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

Delhi: J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed meets Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh pic.twitter.com/B7bvA1WRTb
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 7, 2015

11.25 am: 5 SIMI activists killed at borders of Warangal and Nalgonda districts of Telangana. Noted criminal Vikaruddin among them

11.10 am: SC refers to a larger bench, the pleas challenging NJAC Act meant to replace collegium system of judges appointing judges - PTI

10.50 am: Italian marine Massimiliano Latorre moves SC for extension of his stay in Italy on health grounds.

10.32 am: BJP raises anti-Pakistan slogans in J&K Assembly

10.15 am: Tribal woman allegedly gangraped by three men in Burdwan, WB, all 3 accused arrested and victim has been sent for Medical test

10.00 am: 20 red-sander smugglers allegedly killed in an encounter with Special Task Force in Chittoor district

9.50 am: West Bengal: 67-year-old cancer patient brutally beaten up by a gang of drunken youths in Barasat

9.35 am: Andhra Pradesh: Encounter between police and red sandalwood smugglers at Chittoor, 20 killed

9.05 am: Narendra Modi should clean the filth that comes from the mouth of his MPs: Shiv Sena

8.48 am: Delhi's most wanted criminal, Neeraj Bawana arrested

8.25 am: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari scheduled to visit Agra for assessment of crop damage due to unseasonal rains.

8.10 am: IAF's aircraft at Djibouti evacuating Indians stranded in Yemen, VK Singh (MoS, Extrnl Affairs) overlooking operation

IAFs aircraft at Djibouti evacuating Indians stranded in Yemen, VK Singh (MoS, Extrnl Affairs) overlooking operation pic.twitter.com/FUOzvGVXRY
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 6, 2015